Be Your Own Best Friend
How is it that we can be a good friend to everyone but ourselves?
If you can be solid as a rock for others, then of course you can be that for yourself too.
In fact, you must be.
Sometimes,…
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Harness the Strength of Mind and Body Using Positive Affirmations
In the pursuit of personal growth and self-improvement, the transforemative power of affirmations as a tool/technique to strengthen both our mental and physical resilience cannot be overlooked.
Affirmations are a powerful and versatile practice with the potential to profoundly impact…
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Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation
A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Building Healthy Habits That Stick
It’s unfortunate that many individuals endure prolonged periods of low energy and suboptimal health, significantly impacting their overall enjoyment of life.
Despite attempting various remedies such as trendy diets, naturopathic treatments, massages, supplements, and superfoods, the desired results often remain…
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Strength Training Exercise For Body and Brain Health
It is a sad fact that 8 out of 10 adults do not do enough proper exercise. This means their muscles do not get worked anywhere near enough to keep vital “growth and repair” hormones stimulated and flowing. The growth…
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Momentum Matters
Finding the motivation to exercise can be difficult. What and where is this special motivation needed to get out of bed and out the door to your workouts?
If you’re waiting to wake someday with an intense desire to exercise…
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The Mind Muscle Connection
Working out is always good right?
Not so quick. Working out using bad form does more damage than good. Improper form results in injuries and lost time. It slows progression down to a snail’s pace.
Proper form isn’t about working…
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Virtues for a Prosperous and Fulfilling Life
Virtue – behavior showing high moral standards. A virtue is a a commendable quality or trait, a powerful force. Even the Latin root of the word virtue means strengh or power.
Virtues are a ways of thinking that enhance our…
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Muscle Aging is Not Chronological
Scientists have identified multiple genes that regulate physical strength and biological age. Most notable among them are those involved in the sustainability of our muscle tissue. It’s the decrease in the expression of these genes that causes our muscle to…
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Strength Training is NOT Optional
The weakness and loss of energy we associate with getting older, such as difficulty walking distances, climbing stairs, or carrying groceries, are largely due to muscle tissue loss. This muscle loss, for the most part, is from living an inactive…
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